Why did the Easter Rising of 1916 fail? Or did it? Success or failure in anything at all depends on 3 factors: Timing, Point of view, Long term affects. Let’s look at the facts. The Timing of the Easter Rising did or did not take place at the right period in...
LIFE AND TIMES OF CONSTANCE MARKIEVICZ Referred to as Madam by many of her friends, Constance Markievicz was well known throughout Dublin during the period leading up to the Easter Rising. Her life has been documented in books and periodicals as a woman that was militant, dangerously...
Na Fianna Eireann was founded in 1909 by Constance Markievicz. When she first began the organization it was with the purpose of teaching the boys basic survival techniques, Ireland’s history and a sense of national pride, something that she felt had been missing for way...